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Artists Must Live (1953)

Name: Artists Must Live
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1953
Duration: 28 min

Directed by John Read

“Little in life comes free: one question that should be asked of any art form is who's paying for it.”

Documentary · 28m

Art historian Basil Taylor presents the film and interviews several of its subjects, in between leisurely sequences surveying paintings and sculptures to the strains of the BBC Radio Orchestra.

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Cast

Reg Butler Self

Clifford Ellis Self

Patrick Heron Self

Ivor Hitchens Self

Rodrigo Moynihan Self

John Piper Self

Basil Taylor Self - Narrator

Keith Vaughan Self

Crew

Director: John Read
Director of Photography: A.A. Englander
Producer: John Elliot

Details

Release date: 1953-06-30
Runtime: 28m
Genres: Documentary
Original language: EN
Production: Arts Council of Great Britain, BBC